The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28
FOOD IN THE SPRING

In the spring time OF the year there Is
great occasion forcare in the matter of
food. The kind that has satisfied and
supported the body during the winter
has served its purpose and is no longer
fit for use. In cold weather the human
system can assimilate materials that
would clog and derangc it in spring.
There is no need for drugs to make
people feel well when the things which
have remained dormant in the ground
begin to give signs of life. A Ajudicious
change Of diet is required; that is all.
1t is better to take the materials for
health from the grocer than from the
druggist. Begin the morning meal
with an extra allowance Of fruit. Take
two sound oranges or apples if you
have been eating only one, or three if
you have been eating two. BE sure
there is no decay in the fruit employed
in this manner. Eat good bread and
butter. Ii you are coffee or tea drink
er, moderate the usual allowance. If
you are hot-water drinker take as
much as you like. II you are flesh
eater, take half rs much as you do in
winter. Pork is unfit for human food
at any season. Eat less butter and
grease Of all kinds in spring. If pota-
toesare sound and mealy they arc not OBJ
jectionable: cheesy potatoes are unfit.
There is the utmost need for the cxer-
else Of caution i'll the use Of vegetables
of every kind. Unless they have been
well preserved and have wholesome
flavor, the part of wisdom is to avoid
them. Raw cabbage that has been
spoiled by freezing is often served in
oyster houses of a certain class. The
odor is disagrecablc and readily marks
it. In spring it is important that the
heaviest meal should be eaten in the
middle Of the day. The warm rains
produce an atmosphcriccondition which
causes drowsiness. Eating Il hearty
meal in the midst of this pressure adds
70 the weight upon the system. In day
light the demands of business or duty
will enable you to cope with it. In the
evening there is no such stimulus. and
the result is injury to health. The
evening meal should be light aud easily
digested. Don't eat buckwheat cakes
or doughnuts. If you are mca. eater
be sure that the meat has been broiled
or roasted. Don't eat fried food of any
kind. 1t is not desirable to feel that
von have eaten enough. Moderation
is the best doctor.-Herald of Health
for April.
4 DAIRY EXPERIENCE.
commenced dairying with twenty
COWS. such as could buy in my vicin-
ity. and they were not very good ones.
The first year received $S3 per head
from the cows for six months milk tax.
on to cheese factory, and made consid.
able butter after the factory closed. ]
patronized factory two years, and
then, there being no factory IN opera.
ion in my vicinity, / made butter (ol
rather my wife did, with the help of the
dog to do tho churning) for several
years. l learned that my dairy produc
ed loo pounds ofbutter per COW annual.
~, which did not leave me satisfactory
profit. then commenced to test my
individual cows for percentage o
cream and weight of milk. found tn.
weight Of milk to range from eighteen
TO forty pounds. and the PERCENTAGE o
cream to vary from seven to twenty il
the different cows. ! afterwards 60
the idea that this test was not sufficient
ly accurate, and then | tested all m,
cows (forty in number at this time) b,
setting the milk separate, and skimmin:
and churning separate. In this test
learned that had cows that would on
" pay for tho feed consumed and tha
had others that would pay profit Q
eco per year. after paying for feed
Up to this time l had worked iron
necessity, felt that | must know m,
good and my poor cows; but from thi
time on took much pleasure in thi
work. l learned the cows that CAV
forty pounds Of milk per day did no
produce as much butter as the coy
that gave eighteen pounds of milk.
learned that the butter yiel
of my cows ranged iron
eight to twenty ounces per day.
commenced to weed out my unprofit
able COWS, and filled their places wit
better ones or with heifers from M
best COWS. | think it very importan
that dairyman should know his bes
. cows, and raise the heifer calves fror
them. During this time | change
from Summer to Winter dairying. b
/ few years of this work increase
+ the butter yield of my dairy from Is
to 266 pounds per COW. and increase
the profit above cost of feed from 81
, to $45 per COW. found Winter dairy
ing more profitable than Summe
> dairying. l would have the cows caly
in September or October. Let me sa
here that this work had out grown m
wife and the dog. and forced myse
and horse, and, ,finally,a steam engir
. into service. the dairy having increase
. to over sixty cows.-H. b. GrREl
: before Illinois Dairymen's Associ: